Buckhead Church
Buckhead Church is an in-town campus of North Point Ministries located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Over 6,500 adults and 800 children/students are in attendance every weekend. Andy Stanley is the senior pastor. Billy Phenix serves as the campus pastor and, in turn, leads the Buckhead Church staff. Buckhead Church continues to experience growth in all ministry areas, and has launched an on-line experience available at www.northpointonline.tv to help reach more people.
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Buckhead Church is a non-denominational Christian church. It is one of four current campuses of North Point Ministries along with North Point Community Church, Browns Bridge Community Church, and Watermarke Church. Members and attenders are encouraged to develop intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders. The mission of the church is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Billy Phenix is the campus pastor and leads the staff of Buckhead Church in its day-to-day operations and in discerning the ministry needs of those who attend and who live in the community. Jeff Henderson was the campus pastor until January of 2011 before transitioning to start an additional North Point Ministries campus in Gwinnett County.
Buckhead Church is considered an innovator in the use of technology among multi-site churches.[1][2][3]
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The mission of Buckhead Church, a campus of North Point Ministries, is "to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We accomplish our mission by creating environments where people are encouraged and equipped to pursue intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders."
As a part of North Point Ministries, Buckhead Church strives to accomplish its mission by creating irresistible environments led by skilled staff and volunteers. The environments include "Waumba Land" for newborns through pre-k children, "UpStreet" for elementary students, "Transit" for middle school students, and "InsideOut" for high school students. For college aged students, there is "The Living Room".
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Buckhead Church was founded on April 29, 2001 as a biweekly meeting called Buckhead Fellowship. Andy Stanley advised the founders and was the first guest speaker. The church officially became affiliated with North Point Ministries in August 2001.
The church originally met in the building of Buckhead Baptist Church on Sunday evenings. In 2002, the church moved to the Doubletree Hotel in Buckhead. On Easter 2003, the church moved to a building in Sandy Springs formerly occupied by a Harris Teeter grocery store.
From Fall of 2006 through Spring of 2007, Buckhead Church opened a second temporary campus in a movie theater at Atlantic Station. This was known as the "Midtown Gathering".
The church held its first services at its current location at Tower Place on May 6, 2007. The 188,000-square-foot (17,500 m2) building houses an auditorium that holds 3,000 seats.[4][5]
